CFN Operations Plan

Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS)

The 18001 Standard OSH Management System

About OHSAS - An Occupational Safety and Health
Management System establishes a systematic methodology for managing the
Occupational Safety and Health risks of an organization's operations.
BNL is using the Occupational Safety and Health Assessment Series
(OHSAS) 18001 Standard as the basis for its OSH management system,
coupled with the International Standards Organization (ISO) 14001
environmental management system, which puts special emphasis on
environmental compliance assurance, pollution prevention, and community
outreach. These two management systems support the Integrated Safety
Management System (ISMS) at the Laboratory.

The OSH program establishes the framework and mechanisms for managing
and controlling BNL activities while minimizing the risk to workers,
guests and visitors. It has been designed to systematically mitigate
Occupational Safety and Health hazards, monitor and communicate OSH
performance, and continually improve OSH management.

The Basic Energy Sciences Directorate (BESD) manages the safety and
health impact of their operations and activities by maintaining an
Occupational Safety and Health Management System in conformance with the
OHSAS Standard 18001. The purpose of BESD's OSH Management System is to
assure that all activities associated with the Condensed Matter Physics
and Material Sciences Department, Chemistry Department, and the Center
for Functional Nanomaterials are conducted in conformance with BNL's OSH
Management Plan and in line with the safety and health commitments set
forth in BNL's Environmental, Safety, Security and Health Policy. This
web site is intended to present key elements of BESD's OSH Management
System.

One of ten national laboratories overseen and primarily funded by the Office of Science of the
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical,
biomedical, and environmental sciences, as well as in energy technologies and national security.
Brookhaven Lab also builds and operates major scientific facilities available to university, industry
and government researchers. Brookhaven is operated and managed for DOE's Office of Science by Brookhaven
Science Associates, a limited-liability company founded by the Research Foundation for the State
University of New York on behalf of Stony Brook University, the largest academic user of Laboratory
facilities, and Battelle, a nonprofit applied science and technology organization.